Watching 'The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey', will watch something 'educational' tomorrow. Tonight is for fantasy. BTW, is there anyone else that finds armor and swords irresistible, or is it just me?

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I once learned how to make my own chain mail armor. That was a fun hobby for a bit. Yeah, I always find fantasy irresistible. I believe I have read nearly every book written by Margaret Weiss and Tracy Hickman, my favorite were the Deatte series and Dragon Twilight series, of course. I have to say that latest Hobbit movie is actually pretty good! ---AND it looks like the word D E A T H G A T E includes an emote...

What I am watching:

"It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society. "-- J. Krishnamurti“The further a society drifts from truth the more it will hate those who speak it.” -- George Orwell

I once learned how to make my own chain mail armor. That was a fun hobby for a bit. Yeah, I always find fantasy irresistible. I believe I have read nearly every book written by Margaret Weiss and Tracy Hickman, my favorite were the Deatte series and Dragon Twilight series, of course. I have to say that latest Hobbit movie is actually pretty good! ---AND it looks like the word D E A T H G A T E includes an emote...

What I am watching:

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That looks good. I think I'll take a look at that. Liked the Dragonlance stuff, didn't care for the other. Got hooked on Tolkien at 8, and then went into other stuff. Tolkien's still my first love as far as that goes, but I'll watch nearly ANYTHING with a sword fight in it. And there's something about a guy in armor ...
When the Scorpion King came out, my boss and her husband went to see it. He didn't like it. I told him 'look, it's got nearly naked men, naked women, swords, and lots of mayhem. It's a well-rounded hormonal experience for everybody.' I guess that sums it up for me.
I think I'll pull that out for tonight ...

And can you keep your head, your backbone and your heart?
We'll all find out the answers on the Day It Falls Apart.
"The Day It Fell Apart" - Leslie Fish

I've been watching The Following on FOX; I don't watch much TV, but for some reason, that show has me hooked. Until Dexter starts again in June, that and baseball will be it. I use my limited free time to listen to Stefan Molyneux's podcasts and watch YouTube vids from Gregory Mannarino, TheLordHumungus and StormCloudsGathering.

I have done 4in1, chain, scale mail, breast plates, three helmets with lobster tails. gauntlets, practice swords, and shields, practice armor, ringmail, briggandine, (spelling/ two layers leather with steel plates between.) Palm Flowers for the women in stainless wire, (my battle shield will stop a .38 with ease. It has been shot twice). @Witch Doctor 01, if you have done "King's mail (riveted), I'm impressed. that takes forever. I have a ring spinning rig set up, but clipping is always the hardest part. Wish I had time for that stuff, anymore. I lost my best stuff, due to a break-in at my storage unit (they hit everyone). I hear some of my stuff was being worn in a campus bar.

“Man’s mind is his basic tool of survival. Life is given to him, survival is not. His body is given to him, its sustenance is not. His mind is given to him, its content is not. To remain alive, he must act, and before he can act he must know the nature and purpose of his action. He cannot obtain his food without a knowledge of food and of the way to obtain it. He cannot dig a ditch-or build a cyclotron-without a knowledge of his aim and of the means to achieve it. To remain alive, he must think." John Galt (Ayn Rand)

Patents are not evil, profit is not a dirty word, providing for your family's future is not a sin, and what is mine is not your's just because you want it. Kellory.I have received NO secret government orders.(Watch for this notice to be removed)

I did my mail while in rehab/physical therapy... recovering from a neck injury.. it helps pass the time and improves your coordination... I'ts not riveted but still looks nice... I used a dremel tool with a cutting dicki to clip the wire...

Flirt.

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LOL

In the matter of allies only two things are important. First, can he shoot? Second, will he aim at your enemy?

Ideas are more important then guns. If we wouldn’t let our opponents have guns, why would we let them have ideas? -Joseph Stalin

I once learned how to make my own chain mail armor. That was a fun hobby for a bit. Yeah, I always find fantasy irresistible. I believe I have read nearly every book written by Margaret Weiss and Tracy Hickman, my favorite were the Deatte series and Dragon Twilight series, of course. I have to say that latest Hobbit movie is actually pretty good! ---AND it looks like the word D E A T H G A T E includes an emote...

What I am watching:

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I like their TWINS series best. Test of Twins, War of Twins, fergit the 3rd book in that series.

What you call Being Paranoid, I call Paying Attention!!!

No Man can know Every Thing He'll ever need to know about Prepping. But with prior planning he can have that knowledge at his fingertips so that he has it when he needs it.

@STANGF150 Yeah, I loved every story with Raistlin Majere in it. He was the master of past and present, the single greatest sorcerer and source of power in the universe. He killed all the gods, and in one account of time (though there are many) every being and all life, save his own --making him the only creature in the universe, a snake eating its own tail. He defeated and killed Fistandantilus, and through his powers actually became Fistandantilus and killed the evil god, the Queen of Darkness, Takhisis.

He then took up residence in the Tower of High Sorcery of Palanthas, fulfilling an ancient prophecy that had foreseen his appearance as the Master of Past and Present. He spent two years inside the Tower, learning its secrets, studying spells and experimenting.

Such was his power then that two years later, the historian Astinus, in Time of the Twins, described Raistlin's entry into the Tower as this:
Two years ago, he entered the Tower of High Sorcery. He entered in the dead of night in darkness, the only moon in the sky was the moon that sheds no light. He walked through the Shoikan Grove - a stand of accursed oak trees that no mortal, not even those of the Kender race, dare approach. He made his way to the gates upon which hung still the body of the evil mage who, with his dying breath, cast the curse upon the Tower and leapt from the upper windows, impaling himself upon its gates - a fearsome watchman. But when he came there, the watchman bowed before him, the gates opened at his touch, then they shut behind him. And they have not opened again these past two years. He has not left, and if any had been admitted, none have seen them.

I'm watching the financial world implode. It's the most riveting reality spectacle I have ever witnessed.

Cypriot are going to wake up in a few hours or so and find out they are broke.
BitCoin breaking the 1 billion dollar market cap.
Brazil and China doing a 300MM 30B /year dollar financial swap to sell good outside of the USD zone.
Texas repatriating it's gold, and Germany is commenting on it (they agreed to 7yr withdrawl) and are not happy.
UK experiencing a contracting of their economy (revised downwards to -3%)

w00t! This is fun! Yes, I'm sharpening the sticks and pikes for the fence as we speak.

I have done 4in1, chain, scale mail, breast plates, three helmets with lobster tails. gauntlets, practice swords, and shields, practice armor, ringmail, briggandine, (spelling/ two layers leather with steel plates between.) Palm Flowers for the women in stainless wire, (my battle shield will stop a .38 with ease. It has been shot twice). @Witch Doctor 01, if you have done "King's mail (riveted), I'm impressed. that takes forever. I have a ring spinning rig set up, but clipping is always the hardest part. Wish I had time for that stuff, anymore. I lost my best stuff, due to a break-in at my storage unit (they hit everyone). I hear some of my stuff was being worn in a campus bar.

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Hey, Kell, I don't do riveted, but I do have the time to make chain in the evenings (it keeps the fingers limber for other things ) If you're hot to replace any of it, we could talk.

And can you keep your head, your backbone and your heart?
We'll all find out the answers on the Day It Falls Apart.
"The Day It Fell Apart" - Leslie Fish

Tonight's entertainment will be the last of Season 12 of Law & Order (hubby and I talk about how we would have done it), and then maybe something from the audio or DVD library. BTW, is anyone interested in some DVDs for the cost of shipping? I've got extras of some stuff. I'll post it on the marketplace over the weekend.

And can you keep your head, your backbone and your heart?
We'll all find out the answers on the Day It Falls Apart.
"The Day It Fell Apart" - Leslie Fish

Hey, Kell, I don't do riveted, but I do have the time to make chain in the evenings (it keeps the fingers limber for other things ) If you're hot to replace any of it, we could talk.

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What I lost, was all plate, not chain, but thanks for the thought. At one time, I thought of selling preformed rings as " coat and coif kits" (some assembly required)

“Man’s mind is his basic tool of survival. Life is given to him, survival is not. His body is given to him, its sustenance is not. His mind is given to him, its content is not. To remain alive, he must act, and before he can act he must know the nature and purpose of his action. He cannot obtain his food without a knowledge of food and of the way to obtain it. He cannot dig a ditch-or build a cyclotron-without a knowledge of his aim and of the means to achieve it. To remain alive, he must think." John Galt (Ayn Rand)

Patents are not evil, profit is not a dirty word, providing for your family's future is not a sin, and what is mine is not your's just because you want it. Kellory.I have received NO secret government orders.(Watch for this notice to be removed)